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Old 06-24-2012, 02:30 AM
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Originally Posted by macavant
must...
resist from...
buying one...
Same here
it just looks so great.
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Old 06-24-2012, 03:08 AM
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What do you use for the red marking on the (+) power lead?

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Originally Posted by RedBullFiXX
Put a few laps on the VII today at our local carpet track

Wow, so smooth, and stable

Base settings, kit shock, worked flawless

Found the Exotec aluminium nuts work well for holding the battery bracket
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Originally Posted by WildManDriving
What do you use for the red marking on the (+) power lead?

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Originally Posted by RedBullFiXX
Wow, looks like an epoxy resin. To the shed to try this now.

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The VII was awesome today at TQ on the rug

Had some serious comp, still at default settings more or less, and TQ'd by a lap

This car takes a lot of the edge off of driving an F1 car
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Old 06-24-2012, 11:48 PM
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Heres mine already to go...
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Old 06-25-2012, 06:55 AM
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Originally Posted by RedBullFiXX
The VII was awesome today at TQ on the rug

Had some serious comp, still at default settings more or less, and TQ'd by a lap

This car takes a lot of the edge off of driving an F1 car
Do you think the smoothness will translate to asphalt as well as carpet? I'm trying to give myself a reason not to buy one before I make the trips for the TCS Nats.
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Originally Posted by Csaari77
Do you think the smoothness will translate to asphalt as well as carpet? I'm trying to give myself a reason not to buy one before I make the trips for the TCS Nats.
From talking to a few guys that drove the VII at Tamiya on Sat.
I'd say it's not even fair to run this car against the old t-bar cars there
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Originally Posted by RedBullFiXX
From talking to a few guys that drove the VII at Tamiya on Sat.
I'd say it's not even fair to run this car against the old t-bar cars there
Wow, you're not helping my credit card balance at all!

I can already see this conversation with my wife. "But honey, it works so much better than the one I already have that I NEED to get one!"
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I'm building mine at the moment. I'm hoping to have it ready by Wednesday and plan to do a full comparison. Going to run the following in each of the 4 races using the exact same motor and gear ratio and same compound tyres.

1. F104 x1 with my current settings
2. F104 x1 with rear widening kit removed
3. F104 v2 undecided on settings yet (may go softer roll & pitch springs and add some toe out at the front since that really helps at the track I race... May just directly swap the front end from the x1 on to do an initial test if I'm short on time)
4. Exotek F1 ultra

Should be interesting to how each car performs.
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Originally Posted by J-PaP
I'm hoping to have it ready by Wednesday and plan to do a full comparison.
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I have been trying to find back to back comparos between the setups/chassis you listed. Thanks in advance.
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Originally Posted by J-PaP
...F104 v2 undecided on settings yet (may go softer roll & pitch springs...
Is there any chart of those Tamiya RM-01 springs? I see a set of four springs but without description which one is softer/harder... or are there some other compatible springs?
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Originally Posted by dfx
Is there any chart of those Tamiya RM-01 springs? I see a set of four springs but without description which one is softer/harder... or are there some other compatible springs?
Black-Hard: Gold-Med: Silver-Soft---->Same color codes as all Tamiya F1
Pink-Extra Soft
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Originally Posted by RedBullFiXX
Black-Hard: Gold-Med: Silver-Soft---->Same color codes as all Tamiya F1
Pink-Extra Soft
Thanks! I was confused with the V2 manual which says Damper spring hard, gold.
So the black one is harder than the kit suplied, silver is softer.

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